hockey

the following is leading the Indian hockey team in the International
Super Series and 34th Champions Trophy in Australia?
[A]Sandeep Singh
[B]Sardar Singh
[C]SV Sunil
[D]Bharat Chetri
Sardar Singh
The International Super Series, which also features England, Australia and Pakistan,
will be played in Perth Nov 22-25. India will open its campaign against England Nov
22 followed by matches against Australia and Pakistan.

DGP of Andhra Pradesh V. Dinesh Reddy appointed as the President of IHF

V. Dinesh Reddy, the Director-General of Police for Andhra Pradesh has been appointed as the New President of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) on 7 November 2012. Dinesh Reddy replaced R.K. Shetty after he resigned from the post.

Reddy’s elevation to the post happened because he was the senior most Vice-President of the organization after R.K. Shetty and would be at the post till next elections of the federation takes places. 

Indian Olympic Association’s Electoral College has also released a list for elections that is scheduled for 25 November and Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) was allowed to vote attend the meetings scheduled in the future for the elections, but would not be allowed to vote in the elections. Hockey India (HI) would be placing three representatives who are eligible for Voting during the elections.

Floris Evers, Roderick Weusthof and Teun  Floris de Nooijer, the three Dutch Hockey stars on 10 October 2012 announced their retirement from International Hockey. 

The three players were the part of the Netherlands Hockey Squad in Olympics 2012, where the Dutch team finished with silver medal after facing defeat from the hands of Germany.








india won england at men hockey champions trophy at melbourne




A multi-year broadcast deal inked b/w Hockey India & ESPN STAR
ESPN STAR Sports inked a multi-year broadcast deal Hockey India. The channel will now have the exclusive right to
broadcast all international hockey test matches under Hockey India to be played in India for the next 5 years.
As per the contract the ESPN STAR Sports will also exclusively cover Hockey India League (HIL), which is expected to be
kicked off in January 2013.








Sher-e-Punjab wins the inaugural edition of the World Series
Hockey tournament
Sher-e-Punjab has won the inaugural edition of the World Series Hockey tournament. In the final match
Sher-e-Punjab defeated Pune Strykers at the MHA Mahindra Stadium in Mumbai.

Hockey India on 17 September 2012 announced Wave Group as the owner of the Delhi Franchise of Hockey India League (HIL).

Chairman of Hockey India League and Secretary General of Hockey India Narinder Kumar Batra on 17 September stated that Wave Group’s entry is a signal of hockey’s good future in India. Other Franchise owners of different team include Jaypee Group for Punjab, Sahara India for Lucknow and Patel-Uniexcel for Ranchi.

Hockey India on 17 September 2012 appointed Mariamma Koshy of Hockey Kerala as its new full-time President. The decision was made during the 15th meet of Board Executives and was taken following the guidelines prescribed under rule 4(f) of Hockey India Rules and Regulations. 

Koshy (63 years in age) has been a vice-president of Hockey India as well as an Interim-President of the National Body. Gayatri Shetty, the treasurer of Hockey Karnataka was named as the new Vice-President of Hockey India after the post was vacated, due to Koshy’s elevation. Appointment of Gayatri also was done following the guidelines and regulations under rule 4 (f). 

Indian Hockey team for London Olympic Qualifiers Announced
 Hockey India announces the 18-member Indian team that will play in the London Olympic Qualifiers.
 London Olympic Qualifiers will be held at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi from the 18th
February.
 The team for the tournament will be led by goalkeeper Bharat Chetri. The participating teams in the event are
Canada, France, Italy, Poland and Singapore, besides India.




Bharat Chettri to captain Indian hockey team in
London Olympics
 Goalkeeper Bharat Chetri will be the Captain of the 16-member team in the Olympic Games.
 Ace midfielder Sardar Singh will be the Vice Captain.
 Other members on the squad: P R Sreejesh, V R Raghunath, Ignace Tirkey, Sandeep Singh, Gurbaj
Singh, Birendra Lakra, Manpreet Singh, S V Sunil, Gurwinder Singh Chandi, Shivendra Singh, Danish
Mujtaba, Tushar Khandker, Dharamvir Singh and S K Uthappa.
Standby players: Sarvanjit Singh and Kothajit Singh.
 8-time Olympic Champ India will clash with the Netherlands in their 1st match at London Olympic Games

Titles	Runners-up	Third-place
Australia	6 (1983, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2007,2011)	2 (1996, 2006)	3 (1994, 2001, 2010)
India	5 (1985, 1991, 1995, 2009, 2010*)	1 (2008)	5 (1983, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2012)
Pakistan	3 (1999, 2000, 2003)	6 (1983, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2004, 2011)	2 (1985, 2005)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
1983	Australia	Pakistan	India	Malaysia
1985	India	Malaysia	Pakistan	Spain
1987	Germany	Pakistan	Great Britain	Malaysia
1991	India	Pakistan	CIS	New Zealand
1994	England	Pakistan	Australia	Malaysia
1995	India	Germany	New Zealand	Spain
1998	Australia	Germany	Korea	New Zealand
1999	Pakistan	Korea	Germany	Canada
2000	Pakistan	Korea	India	Malaysia
2001	Germany	Korea	Australia	Pakistan
2003	Pakistan	Germany	New Zealand	Korea
2004	Australia	Pakistan	Korea	Germany
2005	Australia	Korea	Pakistan	New Zealand
2006	Netherlands	Australia	India	New Zealand
2007	Australia	Malaysia	India	Korea
2008	Argentina	India	New Zealand	Pakistan
2009[1]	India	Malaysia	New Zealand	Pakistan
2010 Details	India  Korea		Australia	Malaysia
2011 Details	Australia	Pakistan	Great Britain	New Zealand
2012 Details	New Zealand	Argentina	India	Great Britain